Health benefits and reductions in bacteria from enhanced oral care

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 168-176

  Ferozali, Fozia ^a,b,c   Johnson, Gary ^a,b   Cavagnaro, Andrew ^a,d  

^a Porterville Developmental Center   (United States)

^b Porterville College   (United States)

^c Sierra View District Hospital   (United States)

^d Porterville College ^*

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Enteral feeding; Oral hygiene; Pathogenic bacteria; Suction toothbrush

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUCTION; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PILOT PROJECTS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUCTION; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 35748955834     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2007.tb00342.x     Document Type: Article

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